Process or electrolytically producing iron.



- To all whom/it may concern: g i, Tnnonon CON?- or hydroxide {and Y-OMIStlQQfilkflli their compounds with the iron,

- ducing Iron,

' The tank is sisting. of a hot slime ofiron hydro' nd an 20 'rnnonon cons'rnn A FILIP No Drawing. Application filed November Be it known that Axen s'rAN'riN' ESTELLE, of Sweden, residing at Hagen,- in"; phalia, Germany, have invented a new and useful Process of Electrolytically Proof which the'following is a fullclear, and exact descri tion. 'invention is directe to; th tion of iron by the electrolytic tion of a solution comprisinga' caustic alkali and a ferric hydrate.

A tank of iron or any other producsuaabiqia g,

terial contains anodes and cathodes pf iron suitable material or the tank I or an other itself it built of conductive mat i' al may 'serVe asan anode and contain said-cathodes. the electrolyte com v I d thereinfwithout departing from .th

filled with caustic soda or POtaSh-COIIIPI'EIHg fQIY example 30% ferric hydrate, 35%"ca'ustic soda and 35% water. By

tric current met'allic; iron ispreci itatedfo'n the cathode in form of asmoothlayer,-and oxygen is developed near the anode, wh' the hydroxid is g' duallydecompo'se In: order to render this process continuous, hydroxid may dded tothe'electrolyte in the electrolyzing tank or outside of it 11! ortion as metallic "iron Instead of iron hydroxid most other compounds of iron with oxygen and hydrogenmay be used. Iron compoundswith oxygen;

alone are less appropriate'for the process,- but by a previous carbonic alkali at may be rendered .fit

In carrying out my solution above; described inlone of t e usual and well known devices usually employs in the electrolysis ofnietals and usual electrodes, which I are ably 30 min. a art. a, potential di volts between 3 amperes per square decimeter, has found suitable at a temperature of centigrade. Some other metals, for instance cadmium,

are equally precipitate for'it.

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9 8+ h 'jif'ii a subject of the Ki ng. estdisassoclqthe action oflthe elec- I ile j ir n? V I trolysis a slimej of is precipitated.

treatment with caustic or higher temperatures they invention,1 place the I temperatures,

having t e initially prefer h gives T y ducin the electrodes and a density of ynot be by the electric current from a "slime consl st i n by. p fln 5' I metals maybe pro Othermetal's,jfor

instance. nickel, are not precipitated under thei'saine c' and the process 1 ma separating 1 iron from When speakin my cl alk line solution, prisin sodium hydroxid or .potassi vdro'xi ,and when I comprising oxygen, do not mean to includ suchas maynotbe suitable} I The labove quantities, [and temperatures are merely illustrative o my invention "and, changes may 1 be made these metals. *of

caustic theappendedclaims.

i i-Claim: 1 1. The rocess, ducing iron consisting -'n= subjecting trolysis 'a fsliineof vcaustic alk line ang' ii pln'icompounds comprising oxygen. 7

to etc hydrogent r ask S tion? ducedbjthisprocess.

, rcumstances, y threforebe used'for I a 9' I mean; a; solution com-Q:

sl'pieak qtjiron compounds; 7, I a

urrent strengths 'a aaaa aauy solution 'PI eS I pf electrolytically pro- 1 ducing iron consist ngim subjecting to elecx a v cau'sticalkaline solution and iron compounds comprising-oxygen and]; g

' v 3. The process of, electrolytically. pro= ducin iron-T consisting in treatmg ron 00111 oun *withfl caustic v.or, carbonic .alkali at.

igher temperatures, trolysis a slim oi-"caustic alk' and said compounds.

L'Th'e, taming ir n with-caustic 'consistin v or car onic alkali ,at anidv ubj ecting' to 1 electrolysis a slime of caustic alkaline solution and said OXIdS. 7 I

'5.'The-- proce'ss iron consisting in trolysis a slime of caustic alkaline solution and compounds containing metals, as for instance nickel, which can-- recipitated by the electric current under, t 'e conditions of the process;

' The process of electrolytically, proand jsubj acting -.to elecline solutionprocess of j-electrolytically prointreating iron on" sf 1 higher of electrolytically pro-i v H subjecting melee 1 iron and other mmnm ummy whereof I have hereunto nd a nd semi in the presence of two Fm m In mm a set; my ha 'bscribi g wltnesse AXEIL m Wmmes s ,WU -"F'MK Amwsar P nee ca y the, ele s of the pros.

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